In East Germany you didn't have a chance (unless you wanted to be in prison or even more surveillance) and nowadays, most people don't know this is occurring an

In East Germany you didn't have a chance (unless you wanted to be in prison or even more surveillance) and nowadays, most people don't know this is occurring and so its not an issue. There might even be a bias against publicizing it by media, as the encoding has assisted police in several cases to track down criminals or alleged criminals.